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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Laws that govern a state.
(c) Deciding who rules.
(d) Definition of citizenship.

2. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?
(a) Saving.
(b) Family.
(c) Employment.
(d) Working hard.

3. Aristotle believes that in an oligarchy, the oligarchs come from where?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The poor.
(c) The middle-class.
(d) The wealthy.

4. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?
(a) Orderly.
(b) Regulated.
(c) Lawful.
(d) Just.

5. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?
(a) Free poor.
(b) Enslaved poor.
(c) Servant poor.
(d) Adult poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?

2. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?

3. Aristotle says that some oligarchies can progress to what?

4. Aristotle thinks that the craftsman who tries to make laws will do what?

5. A universal constitution means, according to Aristotle, that the constitution can do what?

(see the answer key)

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